NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 78 - Episode 78: Discipline
Episode 78: Discipline
~~ Kakugaridan’s Perspective ~~
Faintly, what appears in my field of vision is the wooden ceiling. I’m lying on the bed.
“W-Where is this…?”
It’s a rundown room… Why am I in such a place? I remember…
“Gob Gob Gob Gob!! Burst!!”
Aaahhh!!
That’s right! I remembered!! I took Gobtaro’s attack head-on and fainted!! And yet… where is this?
“Ah! That’s right!! I made a promise!!”
That’s right… the conditions when I lost. The 2,400 Sai warriors became property of the Zaus army. And me too…
“No way…!?”
I look at the back of my right hand. If the Demon Lord’s mark is gone, it’s over!
“W-What’s… this brown mark? It’s not the Demon Lord’s mark, is it!?”
T-This is… could it be… a slave mark? I…
“Have I become a slave to Zaus!?”
No wayyyyy!!
An elite demon like meeeee!!
Being reduced to a slave of common demons is unbearableeeeee!!
“Fufufu. There’s no way you’d become Zaus-sama’s slave.”
“Y-You…!?”
That way of laughing… I remember it. He was the former hero Cea’s master. This old man…
“The village chief of Hajime Village!?”
“Fufufufu. That’s right. I am the village chief.”
W-What!? Why is this old man here???
“Fufufufu”
“N-N-No wayyy…”
T-This slave mark…?
Could it be…!?
N-No, such a thing!?
This can’t be true when considered with proper discipline.
“Hey, old man! Explain what’s going on! If you don’t tell me properly, I’ll kill you!!”
At that moment, when I tried to grab the old man’s collar…
Bang!!
“W-What!? There’s an invisible barrier, I can’t touch the old man!?”
“Fufufufu. A slave cannot harm their master.”
“W-What!? I’m… a slave?”
“Fufufufu”
T-That’s absurd!! N-No, this is impossible.
“C-Could it really be!?”
“Fufufufu. Zaus-sama took away and destroyed the Demon Lord’s contract placed on you. It’s easy to do when the other party is unconscious. Fufufufu”
“T-This…!?”
“Fufufufu. Normally, Zaus-sama, would be the one to form a master-slave contract with you. However…”
N-No, this can’t be happening.
S-Such a thing is absolutely impossible! I am an elite demon!!
To become a slave of humans…!
“There’s no way this could happen!! Dieeee!!”
I’ll beat this frail old man to death.
“Die die dieeeee!!”
Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!!
“Fufufufu. It’s futile. You and I have formed a master-slave contract. A slave cannot harm their master.”
“Damn it!! Is such a thing possible!? Break through this wall!!”
“Oh my, quite a spirited slave. Fufufufu. This seems like you’ll do good work.”
“Die die dieeee!!”
“However, your words are a bit too much. Let me give you some educational guidance.”
In an instant, lightning struck my body.
“Gyaaaaaaahhh!!”
“Fufufufu”
Aaagggghhh…
M-My whole body is numb and painful.
T-That’s ridiculous…
Considering it properly, such a situation is impossible…
“O-Oh. Ceaa.”
“Yes. Did you call me, master?”
T-That guy was a former hero.
“I’ll teach this person the morning greeting.”
“I understand.”
With that, Cea prostrated himself and pressed his forehead to the ground.
“Hey, Angle Head. Do this every time you wake up. Remember it well.”
W-What!?
“Today, I was able to wake up. Thanks to everyone in this world. Thanks to everyone. Thanks to the world. And thanks to the village chief. Thanks, thanks, thanks.”
Saying that, he pressed his forehead to the ground repeatedly.
Ughhhhh!!
“Now, do it. Angle Head.”
“C-Can I do it!?”
“Baka! If you don’t do it, lightning will strike me toooo!!”
“Ugh… I-I’m an elite demon… Thinking properly, I absolutely cannot do such humiliating things.”
“Do it!!”
“Hu-humanity is just slaves!!”
Th-That’s right. Humans are like livestock. They’re inferior creatures. I use them as slaves. I command them as I please. Any slaves I don’t like, I kill freely. Humans are slaves. They’re lower beings than demons. They’re creatures just like livestock, used by me.
“Do it, Angle Headdd!!”
“I-I can’t possibly be grateful to humans!!”
Uwaaaaah!!
I’m an elite after all!! An elite demon becoming a slave to humans!!!
“Don’t mess with me, Angle Headdd!!”
“Shut up!! I won’t listen to the opinions of a slave who’s degraded!!”
“That’s not the issueee!! Idiot!!”
“Thinking properly, whoever said ‘idiot’ is the idiottt!!”
“Don’t screw arounddd!! I don’t care about that at all!! Just do ittt!!”
“I won’t do ittt!!”
“Fufufufu. Seems like there’s too much chatter. You two need some education. There.”
In an instant, lightning struck my body again. This time, Cea was included.
“Gyaaaaahhh!!”
Aaagggghhh…
Th-This is unbelievable.
“Ki-Kill meeee…”
“Fufufufu. I must tell you, Angle Head, this ‘Slave Mark Thunder’ doesn’t pose a threat to your life. In other words, this lightning just hurts; it won’t kill you.”
W-What!?
“Fufufufu. And this lightning is quite convenient. Even if a slave tries to harm themselves, lightning strikes them as a mechanism.”
T-That’s… So, I can’t even die!?
“Now, do as Cea said. Word for word. Don’t make any mistakes.”
Ugh…
I reluctantly chanted words of gratitude. If I make a mistake, lightning strikes again. It’s too humiliating… Do I have to do this every day…?
“Now, after the words of gratitude, you’ll work. No time for rest. Today, you’ll be dealing with the village’s cesspool.”
“D-Dealing with the cesspool!?”
“Fufufufu. Then it’s caring for livestock, odd jobs, and repairing the roof. Slaves have a mountain of tasks to do.”
“Aaaaahhh…”
“You don’t get a day off. Fufufufu. Every day, every single day. Be grateful to humans. Fufufufu. Work diligently, according to proper discipline.”
I, an elite demon, aaahhh!! Me, who used my subordinate monsters as I pleased and killed humans I didn’t like, aaaahhh!! Me, the exemplary demon who served as the captain of the earth forces in the Demon Lord’s army, aaahhh!!
Working for lower beings like humans, aaahhhhhhhhh!!
“Fufufufu. Stay disciplineddd.”
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